--- title: Game of Thrones Bronn Says He Lost Fans After Spoils of War description: Actor Jerome Flynn opens up about the fallout from his actions in the latest episode of 'Game of Thrones.' canonical: https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T15:42:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:23.942Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Bronn Says He's 'a Little Unpopular' Now og:description: "My postman won't speak to me," actor Jerome Flynn joked og:url: https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782083cba14858a9/6988d8a57cdbacf7bfd59826/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bron-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bronn-08 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Bronn Says He's 'a Little Unpopular' Now twitter:description: "My postman won't speak to me," actor Jerome Flynn joked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782083cba14858a9/6988d8a57cdbacf7bfd59826/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bron-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I’ve Been a Little Unpopular.' _Game of Thrones'_ Bronn Says Even His Mailman's Mad at Him Now > Sponsored content. 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Always a fan favorite, Bronn returned to the spotlight in the fourth episode of this season to play a critical role in one of the biggest battles ever seen on _Thrones_. But, unfortunately, this time he was pitted against _another_ fan favorite character: [Drogon](http://time.com/4892366/game-of-thrones-season-7-trailer-scenes-unaired/). During the Loot Train Battle, Bronn makes a dash for Qyburn’s special Scorpion weapon, equipped with crossbow bolts intended to fatally wound a rampaging dragon. With Daenerys’s Drogon on the loose, Bronn makes good use of the Scorpion, firing off two shots — one of which hits home. In an action-packed episode, Drogon’s moment of pain was one of the most-discussed scenes online. And in the aftermath, Jerome Flynn tapped his trademark sense of humor to say that some fans have changed their opinions of him. When asked in [an interview with HBO](http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/jerome-flynn-on-fighting-dragons-bronn-personal-stakes) about seeing the episode, he had a hilarious answer about the fallout. “I spent weeks on that sequence, but I was on the edge of my seat, the adrenaline was running — they really nailed it,” Flynn said of watching the battle go down. “Although since the day the battle aired, I’ve been a little unpopular, I have to say. My postman won’t speak to me because I shot the dragon,” he said. Luckily, it looks like Drogon is going to come back from his flesh wound. 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